Archive for January, 2010

Jan
29

Harris & Brun is pleased to welcome Articled Student, Simrat K. Harry

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Robert C Brun

Simrat has a background in nursing, hands on health care experience in trauma centres and a strong grounding in scientific research. To read more about her view her Bio.

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Jan
29

Lyle Harris is appointed to Queen’s Counsel

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Robert C Brun

On December 11, 2009, Lyle was honoured to accept an appointment to Queen’s Counsel.

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Jan
29

The 2009 edition of Lyle Harris’ book Discovery Practice in BC is now available from CLEBC

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Posted by:
Robert C Brun

An essential resource for civil litigators, Lyle’s revision to his classic text, Discovery Practice in British Columbia (Vancouver, CLEBC) is now available through CLEBC. This update incorporates the incoming amendments to the BC Rules of Court and covers developments in the case law over the last year including:

  • The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Juman v. Doucette and the implied undertaking not to use discovered evidence outside an action.
  • Discoverability vs. privacy of documents on social networking websites.
  • Expanded analysis of electronic documents and metadata.
  • New case law on lists of documents, privilege, production of computer hard drives, jurisdiction of examinations for discovery, and exclusion of parties from examinations for discovery.
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    Click on the image below to review content details and order information.

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Jan
29

Robert Brun is running for VP of the Canadian Bar Association and will be attending the CBA Executive Mid-Winter Conference in Ottawa February 13 & 14

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Robert C Brun

Details of Robert’s platform can be reviewed on the firm Blog and he looks forward to discussing the issues with Executive members at the upcoming Mid-Winter Meeting in Ottawa.

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